Shaping GCARD3 Global Event’s Youth Delegation

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GCARD3 Global event – the third global conference for agricultural development, is going to give a central place to young people. More than 35 YPARD members are expected to take part in the discussions onsite, as speakers, social reporters, facilitators, technical reporters, mentees and agripreneur champions. Make sure you read more about the GCARD3 Global Event to make sure you understand what it is all about.

We are calling for YPARD members to express their interest in getting involved.

The selected members will be fully sponsored to attend the event in South Africa.1/ They will benefit from a 3day social reporting training prior to the global event and they will use those skills to report from the global event with intensive mentoring from the trainer.2/ They will be given additional opportunities and missions to actively contribute the discussions at the GCARD3 as a core.(Please note that this is different and additional to the YAP – Youth Agripreneurs Project )

It could perhaps be you.

1/ Do you have:

good insights on the role of youth in agriculture and global development, and the role of GCARD3 towards this

a strong flair for Social Media and good writing skills in either English, French or Spanish

good working verbal skills in English to follow the training program

genuine visions on how you shall build upon what you will learn and experience at GCARD3 global event in the future

2/ Are you an active YPARD member or active youth for agricultural development (less than 40year old)?

3/ You may specify if you feel that you particularly have one of these following skills: good verbal presentation skills, facilitation and/or reporting

How do you apply?

No CV, no Motivation Letter is required!

1/ Send a blog post (in word format) that will express your interest and prove evidence that you meet the criteria above. Please make sure you address all these above while crafting an engaging blog post. Your blog post can be in English, French or Spanish.

2/ Include a 5 lines biography at the end of the blog that states your position and background, your country of origin and your country of work.

3/ Join an ID photograph + an in-action picture in picture format and with appropriate credit (Do NOT embed the picture in your word file)

The best blog posts will be published online (without editing). We reserve the right not to publish those applications that don’t meet the criteria above stated and which require heavy editing.

Two must-read resources to make the best of your application!

1/ Have a have a look at the tips we put together for you on How to apply for an opportunity—successfully! Although this blog post focuses on traditional application processes, you will still find a LOAD of tips to prepare the content of a blog post that will make us want you!

A mix of more experienced and less experienced people in social media (but all with a strong flair for it)

People who have never had such global experience and who will be able to demonstrate the conditions above will be given the priority (GCARD2 Alumni and beneficiaries of previous global experiences will be on a waiting list)

SDG 15 was created to bring attention to the negative side effects from agricultural and industrial development. Youth therefore can play a supporting role to increase awareness on environmental conservation and promote the agenda of SDG for agricultural sustainability to make sure others are aware about it.

After growing up in an environment where agriculture is not seen as an important career for young people, I realize that the potential youth groups are largely ignored in policies and programs. The Extension and Advisory Services (EAS) must engage young people in innovations and entrepreneurial activities or else they will continue migrating to cities in search of better options for living.

As a professional employed in agricultural projects wherever possible, I try to involve fellow young agricultural practitioners in development work. In addition to my work, I also give visiting lectures at Madan Bhandari Agro-Technical College at Ghorahi, Dang where I share my knowledge and experience on agricultural mechanization to students as this is relatively new in Nepal.

Today, my activities have created jobs for young people interested in livestock development, encouraged many farmers already frustrated with inadequate productivity, empowered women in the livestock value chain and have contributed immensely to the rapid multiplication of livestock and sustainability of livestock value chain in Nigeria and West Africa.

I believe that agriculture was meant to be my destiny and I am grateful for being inspired to pursue a career in science. If I had to choose all over again, I would without a doubt and a second thought choose agriculture. I love being an agronomist. It gives me enormous sense of job satisfaction and achievement.

Because of the universal reach of agriculture, I believe my career in it has, and will continue to have, a truly positive impact on the global community. #IamAg, I am involved in agriculture and surrounded by it. #AreYouAg too?

When I look back, I realise that the job I am doing today did not exist when I was a child or at secondary school. I just followed by heart and passion, and did what I feel happy doing. Therefore, my advice to someone interested in my career is to first of all love what you do.

My advice to be successful in an agricultural career is to not only focus on passing the exams and finishing all your tasks. Tomorrow you will be the one who will feed the people and you must know how to produce healthy food. Your worth will only be equal to what you know.

If you are looking for a job that gives you real job satisfaction, inner peace and a relationship with nature then I invite you to study agriculture. Agriculture is a noble profession because it was man’s first occupation and remains critical to the survival of mankind.